The Points of Grief blog has been launched to take the written essays on the www.essaysongrief.org web site and mold them into comforting messages that relate to those with an overwhelming loss.
Written Sunday, September 1, 2019 / Day 20 / Morning Greeting card companies always mention memories in their sympathy cards. I know for I have received what is probably their current thinking on the subject from all the cards I have been receiving. Yes in grief, memories become a larger part of
The variations in all the aspects of life are innumerable. Variety is everywhere. Variety in people, experiences, tastes - it is endless. Grief also is different for everyone who is taken there. From my grief experience (now in its embryonic 98th day) I can report on what I have encountered
Written Monday, November 18, 2019 / Day 98 / Late Morning Usually neutrality is sort of boring. After all it represents - well, nothing at all. That is why It is so of boring. It is neither one way or the other - it is in the middle. Firmly in the middle
Written Saturday, February 29, 2020 / Day 201 / Evening Of all of the running themes in my journey with grief, lately I have been struggling with the amount of time that has passed since my journey began. For some reason, this sixth month threshold (as of February 12th) has created an
Written Saturday, December 14, 2019 / Day 124 / Evening Part of my new reality is disposing of the past. We all keep things around - some of us for too long. In my case I attach significance to things which can lead to accumulating this and that. My sweetie was like
In grief, time has no value any more. Time stopped for us at the point of our loss. The world, of course, moved on - but for us - we stopped.
In today’s point we revisit the time where the weight of loss was great. A time where that weight revealed what it truly was… Written Wednesday, December 18, 2019 / Day 128 / Late Evening There is nothing like finishing a project. Actually there is nothing like just finishing things -
If you know someone in the state of grief but are not there yourself - here are some insights from someone inside. If you are not in the center ring of grief, that is your life has not been stopped - or severely impacted - you are on the outside
Written Sunday, October 27, 2019 / Day 76 / Late Morning I found it interesting on that first terrible night home that I had to sleep with a light on. We have a small bath off our bedroom with an attached stand-up shower and it has it’s own light. I switched
Originally Written Wednesday, December 4, 2019 / Day 114 / Morning Ahhh the morning. First light of a new day. A new day filled with opportunities, potential…accomplishments waiting to be fulfilled. Those are the mornings most experience. But not me. No my mornings are not like that right now. My mornings
We have come home hundreds if not thousands of times. It's just a normal part of life. But when there has been a loss - coming home will never be the same.
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